One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors.
I learned at Yale, one of the biggest lessons was to learn how special I am and therefore how totally unspecial I am. I was special among everyone else who was special. The fact that we're all so individual and that's what makes us special.
Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do a lot of it.
I certainly learned how to break down a text at Princeton, which helps me break down a script - or at least that's the line I feed my parents when they start wondering where all that good money went.
Also, while I was at Yale, I had a job teaching kids at the museum.
I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.
I think my biggest learning experience is that it's okay to be who you are - you don't have to exactly fit the mold of what people think a certain kind of career is. I think that discovery - of really knowing who I am and being okay with that and loving myself - was amazing.
My biggest thing is, I'm learning what it's like to carry myself in a personal way and also a professional way: how I can be a leader and do multitasking.
I probably learned most at MIT by teaching and working with Peter Diamond, who acted like a big brother to me during my time in the department.
The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.